New paleoecological insights for the Late Pleistocene Neanderthal mountain occurrence at Buena Pinta Cave (Iberian Central System, Pinilla-del-Valle, Madrid, Spain)

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Quaternary Science Reviews Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109355

Hugues-Alexandre Blain , César Laplana , Christian Sánchez-Bandera , Clara Mielgo , Ángel Blanco-Lapaz , Rafael Marquina-Blasco , Ana Fagoaga , Josep Francesc Bisbal-Chinesta , David Manuel Martín-Perea , Christophe Falguères , Tom Higham , Maria Blanca Ruiz Zapata , Maria José Gil García , Paloma Sevilla , Rosa Huguet , Belen Márquez , Alfredo Pérez-González , Juan Luis Arsuaga , Enrique Baquedano

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Abstract

The Late Pleistocene sequence from the archaeological site of the Buena Pinta Cave (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid) has furnished the following ectothermic vertebrates: Salmo trutta, Alytes gr. A. obstetricans-almogavarii, Pelobates cultripes, Bufo spinosus, Epidalea calamita, Pelophylax perezi, Rana iberica, Testudines indet., Timon lepidus, Lacertidae indet. (large- and medium-sized), Anguis fragilis, Natrix maura, Coronella cf. C. austriaca, Colubridae/Psammophiidae indet., and Vipera cf. V. latastei. All these taxa are currently present in central Iberian Peninsula, with representation in the Lozoya Valley or its closest surrounding areas. The amphibians and reptiles suggest a quite similar to a much warmer climate (from +1.0 to +3.5 °C) than the present one, with a higher difference about modern values during the coldest month than during the warmest month. Annual rainfall was more abundant (from +9 to +397 mm) than today. Reconstructed landscapes suggest the predominance of humid environments throughout the sequence, primarily composed by open humid habitats (mainly comprised between 35.2 and 45.5 %) and woodland environments including medium scrublands to forest formations (27.3–40.0 %). Aquatic and peri-aquatic areas (9.5–20.5 %), such as rivers or ponds with riverside vegetation are also quite well represented, in accordance with one of the few fossil records of a water frog (P. perezi) in the Pinilla del Valle localities, and the very hypothetical occurrence of a terrapin in the Layer 2. In addition, the presence of brown trout (Salmo trutta) also supports the presence of a mature river characterized by cold/temperate and running waters. All these data suggest that the whole Late Pleistocene sequence of the Buena Pinta Cave may have occurred during a temperate to warm and humid period, more probably during the beginning of the Marine Isotope Stage 3 rather than during the end of the Marine Isotope Stage 4, as formerly suggested.

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西班牙马德里Pinilla-del-Valle伊比利亚中央系统Buena Pinta洞穴晚更新世尼安德特人山地产状的古生态学新认识

来自布埃纳·平塔洞穴考古遗址的晚更新世序列（Pinilla del Valle, Madrid）提供了以下恒温脊椎动物：Salmo trutta， Alytes gr. A. almogavarii, Pelobates cultripes, Bufo spinosus, Epidalea calamita, Pelophylax perezi, Rana iberica, Testudines indet。蜱螨，蜱螨科。（大、中型）、脆弱鳗鲡（Anguis fragilis）、毛蚶（Natrix maura）、奥地利冠状蝇（Coronella cf. C. austria）、鞘翅目/沙蛉科昆虫。和Vipera cf. V. latastei。所有这些分类群目前都存在于伊比利亚半岛中部，在Lozoya山谷或其最近的周边地区有代表性。两栖动物和爬行动物表明，与现在的气候（从+1.0°C到+3.5°C）非常相似，与最冷月份相比，最暖月份的现代数值差异更大。年降雨量比现在更丰富（从+9到+397毫米）。重建的景观表明，湿润环境在整个序列中占主导地位，主要由开放湿润生境（主要占35.2% ~ 45.5%）和林地环境（27.3% ~ 40.0%）组成。根据在Pinilla del Valle地区发现的为数不多的水蛙（P. perezi）化石记录之一，以及在第2层非常假设的水龟的出现，水生和近水生区域（9.5 - 20.5%），如河边有植被的河流或池塘，也得到了很好的代表。此外，褐鳟（Salmo trutta）的存在也支持了一条成熟河流的存在，其特征是冷/温带和流动的水。这些资料表明，布埃纳平塔洞的整个晚更新世序列可能发生在温带到温暖湿润的时期，更有可能发生在海洋同位素阶段3的开始，而不是以前认为的海洋同位素阶段4的结束。

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